Casting News - February 3, 2014
CBS's The Big Bang Theory & Blue Bloods; FOX's 24: Live Another Day & Mulaney; Lifetime's Devious Maids; and TNT's Franklin & Bash.
FOX's MULANEY
- Penny Marshall and Lorraine Bracco will appear during the second episode of forthcoming comedy series from SNL writer/actor John Mulaney. They will play Tutti and Vaughn, a lesbian couple and close friends of Oscar's (Elliott Gould).
CBS's THE BIG BANG THEORY
- Legendary actor Bob Newhart is set to make his third appearance on the highest-rated comedy series during an upcoming episode this spring. He plays Professor Proton, Sheldon (Jim Sheldon) and Leonard's (Johnny Galecki) childhood idol. The role earned Newhart his very first Emmy Award this past September.
FOX's 24: LIVE ANOTHER DAY
- Colin Salmon (Arrow, Strike Back) has been added to the cast of FOX's upcoming event series - set to debut on May 5. He will play General Coburn, an intelligent, powerful and fiercely loyal man who does not suffer fools no matter what rank.
TNT's FRANKLIN & BASH
- White Collar star Willie Garson has landed a guest role on the upcoming fourth season of the TNT legal dramedy. He will play Dr. Alex Schwartzman, a plastic surgeon who loves what he does, primarily because his skills allow him access to women normally out of his reach. He sublets space from Franklin & Bash - but his wife soon approaches the lawyers to help her divorce Alex.
LIFETIME's DEVIOUS MAIDS
- Wolé Parks, Brett Cullen and Brianna Brown will no longer be credited as series regulars on the upcoming second season of the primetime soap. They played Sam, Michael Stappord and Taylor Stapport, respectively. However, they will still appear on a recurring basis.
CBS's BLUE BLOODS
- ION has landed the off-network syndication rights to the CBS family-police procedural starring Tom Selleck, it was announced today. The deal with CBS includes all four seasons (89 episodes) of the series, plus all future seasons that air on CBS. The agreement also gives ION the exclusive weekday primetime rights to Blue Bloods in syndication starting in fall 2014.
